Book of toothpicks



Aug. 18, 193 1 5. WISSIG BOOK OF TOOTHPICKS Filed March 29, 1950 T jay.Z

1 Z y I Inventor ,jkfizaaZWi'Z b Attorney Patented Aug. 18, 1931 SAMUELWISSIG, OF SUSAN 1 1L125 CALIFORNIA BOOK OF TOOTHPICKS Application filedMarch 29, 1930. Serial No. 440,100.

This invention relates to a book of toothpicks, and an object of theinvention is to provide for carrying a store of toothpicks on'the personfor his individual needs, that 5 is extremely sanitary and useful.Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of thecharacter referred to that is strong, compact and durable, thoroughlyreliable for its intended purpose, very simple in its method ofassembly, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and use. v

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofa novel con- 15 struction, combination, and arrangement of parts, aswillbe hereinafter specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is disclosed anembodiment of theinvention, but itisfto be modifications may be resorted to'withoutdeparting from the spirit of the claim hereto appended.

in the drawings wherein like reference characters designate like partsthroughout the several views Figure l is a top plan view of the book oftoothpicks in accordance with the present invention, in open position.

Fig. 2 is a vertical detailed section through the device in closedposition, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the anchor block.

Referring to the drawings in detail,

understood that changes, variations, andwherein for the purpose ofillustration is 4. The walls of the grooves are coated with a very lightsolution of glue, and the lower ends of rows of toothpicks 8, 9 areinserted in the grooves, thereafter the lock is com pressed so that theglue will anchor about 50 stiff paper 11, one end of which is anchored uby staples 12 to one face of the block. The remaining portion of thecover 10 is folded about the bottom and other side of the block andtrained over the tooth picks making a fold 13 over the pointed endsofthe upstanding toothpicks.

The end of the cover 10 is tucked behind the free edge of the anchoredportion of the sheet to hold the cover in place over the upstanding rowsof tooth picks. The method of holding the cover in folded position isclearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Thus it will be seen when it is desired to use a toothpick the cover 10may he slipped from the holding edge and a tooth pick withdrawn from thegroove of the block 4. Thereafter, the cover is closed about the toothpicks whereupon they may be carried in the pocket in a sanitarycondition.

While I have shown the cover 10 anchored to the block 4 by means ,ofstaples, it is within the contemplation of the invention to glue thelower portion of the covertothe block instead of using staples.

The present embodiment ofthe invention has been disclosed inconsiderable detail merely for the purpose of exemplification, since inactual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It is to be understood that by describing in detail herein anyparticular form, structure, or arrangement, it is *not intended to limitthe invention beyond the terms of the W claim, or the requirements of-the prior art. Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnewis A tooth pick holder comprising a block 5 a. longitudinally extendingoove therein, and a row of tooth picks eac formed with a. pointed endand a blunt end, with the blunt end frictionally held in the groove anda cover member having a partiattached to fihe block and extendingovervthe tooth pic s. s In testimony whereof I aflix my "signature.

is SAMUEL WISS'I'G.

